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 ====== Karen Born ====== ====== Karen Born ======
  
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 **Karen Born**, MSc, PhD is a Canadian health systems specialist based in Toronto, Ontario. **Karen Born**, MSc, PhD is a Canadian health systems specialist based in Toronto, Ontario.
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 ===== Education ===== ===== Education =====
  
-Born holds an MSc in international health policy the [[London School of Economics]] and a PhD in health services research from the [[University of Toronto]].+Born attended [[McGill University]] for her Bachelor of Arts, holds an MSc in international health policy the [[London School of Economics]]and a PhD in health services research from the [[University of Toronto]].
  
 ===== Career and Affiliations ===== ===== Career and Affiliations =====
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 +==== Government of Ontario ====
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 +Born worked as a research analyst at the [[Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care]] from 2005-2007.((//Karen Born.// LinkedIn. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-born-9121a841/))
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 +==== MASS LBP ====
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 +From 2008-2010, Born worked as a facilitator for [[MASS LBP]], a political advocacy group.((//Karen Born.// LinkedIn. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-born-9121a841/))
  
 ==== University of Toronto ==== ==== University of Toronto ====
  
-Born is an assistant professor at the [[Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation]] and the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Karen Born.// Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/sEshf))+Born is an assistant professor at the [[Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation]] and the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Karen Born.// Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/sEshf)) She is also listed as a faculty member under the [[Institute for Pandemics]].((//Karen Born.// Institute for Pandemics. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/2BkU9))
  
 +==== Healthy Debate ====
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 +Born co-founded [[Healthy Debate]], an online publication about health care in Canada.((//Karen Born.// Commonwealth Fund. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/P3DjJ))
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 +The website is sponsored by [[Deloitte]], [[Judith Glennie]], [[Arthur Slutsky]], the [[University of Toronto]], [[Ontario SPOR Support Unit]] (OSSU), and the [[Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute]] at [[St. Michael’s Hospital]].((//About Us.// Healthy Debate. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220430160403/https://healthydebate.ca/about/))
 ==== Choosing Wisely Canada ==== ==== Choosing Wisely Canada ====
  
-Born served as Knowledge Translation Lead for the [[Choosing Wisely Canada]] campaign from 2015–2022, hosted at [[St. Michael's Hospital]].((//About.// Choosing Wisely Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WAUw0)) In that capacity, she was responsible for dissemination of campaign content to patients and the public, the integration of the campaign into medical education and coordination of the Choosing Wisely international collaboration.+Born served as Research Projects Manager and Knowledge Translation Lead for the [[Choosing Wisely Canada]] campaign from 2015–2022, hosted at [[St. Michael's Hospital]] under [[Unity Health Toronto]].((//About.// Choosing Wisely Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2022, from https://archive.ph/WAUw0)) In that capacity, she was responsible for dissemination of campaign content to patients and the public, the integration of the campaign into medical education and coordination of the Choosing Wisely international collaboration. 
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 +Funding for Choosing Wisely Canada comes from [[Health Canada]], [[Bertelsmann Stiftung]], [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), and the [[Commonwealth Fund]].((Born, K. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215143336/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_Karen-Born_20210407.pdf)) 
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 +==== James Lind Alliance ==== 
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 +Born received payment from [[North York General Hospital]], the [[University of Calgary]], and [[SickKids]] to set up [[James Lind Alliance]] priority setting, partnership facilitation and agenda development meetings.((Born, K. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220215143336/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Declaration-of-Interest_Science-Table_Karen-Born_20210407.pdf)) 
 ==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ==== ==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====
  
 Born is a member of the secretariat of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], where she serves as Assistant Scientific Director.((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/)) Born is a member of the secretariat of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]], where she serves as Assistant Scientific Director.((//About Us.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved April 28, 2022, from https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/about/))
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 +===== Research =====
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 +Born has published research on [[influenza vaccines]], including advocating for [[vaccine mandates|mandatory vaccination policies]] among health care workers.((Born, K., Ikura, S., & Laupacis, A. (2014). //The evidence, ethics and politics of mandatory health care worker vaccination.// Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, 20(1), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819614546960))
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